Management, Committees & Planning
What is the LLMEP trying to create long-term?
What is a comprehensive estuary management plan?
What barrier island borders the Laguna Madre?
What is Padre Island?
About 75% of which duck species winter in the LLM?
What are redhead ducks?
Which part of the Laguna Madre is already in the NEP?
What is the Upper Laguna Madre?
Approximately how much economic activity does the LLM contribute annually?
What is about 1.87 billion dollars?
Which long-standing local group formed the core of the LLMEP’s Citizen Advisory Committee?
What is the LRGV TPDES Stormwater Taskforce?
Is the LLM freshwater, brackish, or hypersaline?
What is hypersaline?
Name one endangered species that uses the LLM habitat.
What is the piping plover / reddish egret/peregrine falcon/ocelot?
What year was the NEP created?
What is 1987?
Name one major industry supported by the LLM.
What is shrimping / sportfishing / tourism / agriculture / shipping?
Which committee in the LLMEP focuses on gathering scientific data and advising on technical issues?
What is the Science & Technical Advisory Committee?
How shallow is the LLM on average?
What is 0.76–1.5 meters (about 2–5 ft)?
Which endangered shorebird often feeds and rests on the Lower Laguna Madre’s tidal flats?
What is the piping plover?
What is one requirement for an estuary to be accepted into the NEP?
What is demonstrating national ecological and economic significance?
Which port relies heavily on the LLM ecosystem?
What is the Port of Brownsville or the Port of Isabel?
What is the main job of the LLMEP’s Citizen Advisory Committee?
What is representing community concerns and providing local input on management decisions?
How many major habitat types exist in the LLM?
What is Eight?
What type of habitat in the LLM provides food and shelter for many fish, birds, and invertebrates?
What are seagrass beds?
What are the four phases of the NEP framework?
What are Governance, Science, Planning, and Implementation?
Which recreational activity depends most directly on seagrass clarity and nursery habitats?
What is recreational/sport fishing?
What long-term plan will the LLMEP eventually develop to guide restoration, monitoring, and policy decisions for the Lower Laguna Madre?
What is the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP)?
Which three major areas fall under the geographic scope of the LLMEP?
What are Padre Island, Bahia Grande, and South Bay?
Why do environmental changes affect the LLM more quickly than deeper estuaries?
What is its extremely shallow depth?
Why was the Lower Laguna Madre historically overlooked for NEP inclusion?
What is the lack of formal nomination and a pre-existing management framework?
What environmental condition in the LLM can reduce boating, kayaking, and ecotourism activities by decreasing visibility and access?
What is poor water clarity from algae blooms?